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Patent GB-190009877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brackets or Frames for Supporting the Bearings of Rotating Shafts or Spindles.
Inventor: DAVIDSON SAMUEL CLELAND
Filed: 1900-05-29
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 9877. Davidson, S. C. May 29. Supporting or mounting bearings for shafts &c. The central part of a bearing- sleeve 7, Fig. 1, is formed with a spherical projection 6, which engages a socket formed in two parts 1 and 2. The part 1 is connected by tension rods 12 to an outer frame made up of angle rings 13 connected by distance - pieces 14, and by means of the nuts 15 the position of the bearing can be adjusted. The part 2 of the socket is attached to the part 1 by bolts. The bearing - sleeve may oscillate slightly to secure alignment, but is prevented from rotating by means of an oil cup 9 cast on the sleeve, which cup engages a recess in the part 2. A sheet-metal lining is riveted to the inside of the frame, to exclude dust &c. The tension rods may be replaced by straight or curved cast-metal arms formed integral with the part 1 and coupled to, or formed integral with, a frame made up of angle rings, flanges, &c. so that the said frame may be built in a wall or bolted to a partition or fan casing &c. Fig. 9 shows a double bracket, preferably employed in the mounting of fans of the propeller type. The bearing-parts are carried by cast-iron arms 23 bolted together at the flanges 24. In anotber modification, a double hanger or pedestal, suitable for fixing to a ceiling or floor, is described. The hangers or pedestals are formed in one with the parts 1, and are connected by a plate. By these arrangements the bearing can be removed and replaced to suit different diameters of shafting, without dismounting the supporting- frame &c.
Patent GB-190009879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: KRAYN ROBERT
Filed: 1900-05-29
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 9879. Krayn, R. May 29. Lighting, systems of.-A lamp having a filament requiring preliminary electric heating to render it conductive, and having in its base an automatic interrupter to open the circuit of the heater when the filament has become conductive, is used with one or more ordinary incandescent lamps. These are connected in parallel with the heater, and give light immediately and so long as current is supplied to it.
Patent GB-190100228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Keirs for Bleaching Textile Fabrics
Inventor: RIGAMONTI CARLO
Filed: 1901-01-03
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 228. Rigamonti, C., and Tagliani, G. Jan. 3. Bleaching. - Relates to continuously - working kiers for bleaching cotton and other textile fabrics. The fabric is drawn into the casing a, through an upwardly-extending trunk b, by means of feedrollersj contained in the casing, and is returned by means of pressure rollers r situated above the upper end of the trunk b. While under treatment, it is piled in a U-shaped channel, formed by two endless feed-aprons f, f<1>, supported in a frame. Should the left-band side of the channel become overweighted with fabric, the frame will be turned on its pivot d, thereby operating a belt fork, which stops the motion of the feed-aprons until equilibrium is restored. Liquor is supplied through spray pipes p, arranged above each arm of the channel, and is kept in circulation by means of a pump. In a modification, the feed-aprons are automatically stopped by the pile of fabric acting directly upon a roller in connection with a beltshifting device.
Patent GB-190100346-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Flying Machine
Inventor: BLUNT ARTHUR HENRY PHILIP
Filed: 1901-01-05
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 346. Blunt, A. H. P. Jan. 5. AÙrial machines without aÙrostats.-The machine is of a type similar to that described in Specification No. 8019, A.D. 1899, and is made to imitate the flight of birds. Upon a semicircular aÙroplane E rests a flexible framework J, through which passes the central shaft B<1>. Cross-shafts A<2> are attached to the shaft B<1> near its extremities, and in the loops of cords attached to the ends of these bangs the car A. The cords have spring boxes A<12,> inserted in them near the cross-shafts through which pass bars A<9> which support the aÙroplane some distance from the shaft B<1>. The car carries a sliding seat kept central by springs, and the steering is partly effected by the aeronaut putting his weight on one or the other of the cords. To the shaft B<1> are pivoted the cylinders C, C<1> by which the propellers Lx are operated. The propelling-apparatus can be turned about the pivot C<3> from a horizontal to a vertical position by cords C<4>. A valve M<4> may cut off steam from either of the cylinders. The admission valves L<4> are operated by tappets. A horizontal rudder N is operated by a cord B, and is partly held in position by springs. The aeroplane is made gradually less rigid from front to rear ; its ribs may be hinged, so that they fold together. The machine is propelled by the downward stroke of the propellers tilting the rear of the aeroplane upwards ; gravity causes the machine to move in an inclined plane downwards, and gather way enough to carry it upwards when the rear of the aeroplane is depressed. The propellers may also serve to force the machine forwards by inclining them downwards towards the front.
Patent GB-190101704-A (GB)
Title: Self-propelled Street-sweepers.
Inventor: COLLINS JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1901-01-24
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 1704. Collins, J. T. Jan. 24. Sweeping-machines; watering-carts.-Relates to a self-propelled street sweeper having a rectangular dirt receptacle B and a rotating brush E supported by bearings in the sides of a metal or wood hood D pivoted along the axis of shafts 17 carrying the intermediate pulleys by which motion is transmitted from the motor F' to the brush. The brush E sweeps the dirt up a sheet-metal &c. pan G connected by a slotted link 20 and a pin 21 to the hood, which may be turned about its axis 17 by rods 24', levers 3 pivoted at 3<1>, and rods 26 connected to a foot-lever 25. The levers 3 carry adjustable counterweights 5 for regulating the pressure of the brush. The intermediate shaft 30, from which motion is transmitted to the driving- wheels 14, has an engaging and disengaging clutch L, Fig. 2, and an equalizing-box 38. The shaft 30 is driven by a motor F which, in common with the motor F<1>, receives steam from a generator K. The dirt receptacle is supported by a carrier C, Fig. 1, consisting of a main frame 7. At each end of the brush are arranged two sprayers 59', one parallel with and the other at right-angles to the brush. These sprayers receive water through valve-controlled pipes 57 from a tank 51, in which a certain pressure is maintained by an air pump P operated by an eccentric and gearing as shown. To regulate the pressure, an eccentric-rod is made in two parts, between which a spring is interposed. One part slides and has a pin engaging a slot in the other Steering-mechanism H is provided.
Patent GB-190102154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting and Panning Dough or other Substances for the Manufacture of Biscuits, Lozenges, and Confections
Inventor: MACKENZIE HUGH WATSON
Filed: 1901-01-31
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 2154. Mackenzie, H. W. Jan. 31. Moulding biscuits, confectionery, &c.-The dough or like material is fed on to a cutting or scrap plate r, below which are arranged the hollow cutters y fitted on a carrier o. A crosshead d then descends and forces the dough and plate r on to the cutters. The plate r is perforated to allow the cutters to pass through, and is guided into the proper position by bosses 4 on the cutter-carrier o. The head d then rises, and also the plates z, under the action of springs 5, Fig. 4. The cutter-carrier o is at the same time rotated by the curved rack q engaging the pinion p. The cut-off pieces of dough &c. are next ejected by the engagement of a spring controller plate with cams 3. Meanwhile the cutter-plate r is moved back by the action of the cams and rods s. t, and is tilted to discharge the scrap. The cutter-carrier o is held in position by arms u engaging a notched disc fitted on the carrier.
Patent GB-190103297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pressure Regulating Devices for Gas Installations.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1901-02-15
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 3297. Boult, A. J., [Soc. LumiÞre Boule]. Feb. 15. Regulators. - Relates to automatic means for counteracting excess or variable pressure in the gas-supply mains employed for lighting purposes, in cases where the burners are fed with gas kept under constant high pressure by a compressor. The gas enters by a pipe b and a valve c. and is forced by the compressor a past the valve h to the high-pressure reservoir g, from which the burners are supplied. Whenever the pressure in the latter exceeds a certain limit, a high-pressure valve opens, allowing gas to pass by the branch circuit d, in which is included a reservoir e, back to the entry pipe between the valve c and the compressor. The pressure thereupon closes, wholly or partly, the valve c, and the compressor will continue to draw gas from the pipe d until the pressure in the reservoir g again falls.
Patent GB-190105511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: VIEL PAUL ISIDORE
Filed: 1901-03-15
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 5511. Viel, P. I. March 15. Pulleys and driving-drums.-Relates to expanding pulleys especially applicable in the variablespeed gear of motor vehicles. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a pair of discs b are mounted on the driving-shaft a, and between these are disposed a number of wedge-shaped segments e, which can be slid in and out radially in grooves d and form the expanding and contracting belt surface. The adjustment is effected by chains f moving in grooves and operated by a sliding head i actuated in some suitable manner. Between the wedges-e are arranged rollers m, which are supported at a fixed distance from the centre. When the wedges have been withdrawn so far that the belt rests on these rollers, the driving ceases. Fig. 3 shows a modified form of expanding pulley. In this, the pulley segments q can slide on radial rods o when acted on by the oblique rods s, s connected to collars r sliding on the shaft a.
Patent GB-190108649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: THORNYCROFT JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1901-04-26
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 8649. Thornycroft, J. E. April 26. Water-tube boilers.-The converging tubes a, b, of boilers of the type described in Specifications Nos. 6720 and 22.416, A.D. 1899, and No. 6243, A.D. 1900, are connected in groups of two or more pairs with their junction boxes c to form a series of generating-elements, one only of which is shown in Fig. 3. The divergent ends of the tubes may be connected to a single water chamber d, as shown, to a partitioned water chamber, or to a pair of water chambers. The tubes may be straight or curved, and they are of smaller diameter than in previous arrangements.
Patent GB-190114437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thread Spooling or Winding Machinery.
Inventor: BAINES EDMUND NORBURY
Filed: 1901-07-16
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 14,437. Baines, E. N., Schmidt, J. W., and Smith, M. B. July 16. Winding or spooling machines.-Relates to means for severing the thread and holding the loose end, reference being made to Specification No. 122, A.D. 1858. The shearing-knife A is made adjustable, and is held in the adjusted position by the clamping-plate B. The hook for holding the thread and drawing it against the knife A is made double, as shown, and is provided on one side with a spring clamping-plate D. The thread is first engaged by the lower of the two hooks, and, during the withdrawal thereof, the clamp D is opened by reason of a projection E on the clamp engaging with a projection G on the knife. When the projection E has passed the projection G, the clamp D closes and holds the thread while the second hook, which is bent somewhat to one side, draws the thread against the edge ef the knife by which it is severed. On the return motion of the double hook, the end of the thread is released.
Patent GB-190119514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-magnetic Apparatus Giving Vibratory or Oscillating Motion.
Inventor: THOMPSON EDGAR
Filed: 1901-10-01
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 19,514. Thompson, E. Oct. 1. Electromagnets; motors, electromagnetic.-Relates to electromagnetic apparatus for producing vibratory or oscillating motion, especially applicable to call bells. An armature G, polarized by a magnet L, rests upon the two poles E, F of an electromagnet D, which have their ends inclined laterally in opposite directions, so that, when the armature rests squarely on the end of one pole, it will only rest upon the edge of the other. The armature is retained in position, while allowing the necessary motion, by means of screws or pins H passing loosely through holes therein and provided or not with springs. Alternatively, the armature is formed with inclined surfaces, the ends of the poles being flat. In the case of a call bell, the clapper is attached to the oscillating armature by a wire J.
Patent GB-190200185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Resistances.
Inventor: DUDDELL WILLIAM DU BOIS
Filed: 1902-01-03
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 185. Duddell, W. du B., and Mather, T. Jan. 3. Resistances.-Liquid resistances are arranged to be variable from very large resistances to very small ones without abrupt changes. They are especially applicable for use in switching highpressure or other currents as described in Specification No. 4820, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.]. In the form shown in Fig. 3, concentric tapered electrodes C<3>, C', connected to one terminal, are movable into a correspondingly-formed conducting-vessel V, connected to the other terminal. The upper parts p, L' of the vessel are made of or covered with insulating- material. The vessel is nearly filled with liquid. When the electrodes C<3>, C<2> are raised from actual contact with the bottom of the vessel, the paths for current through the liquid are at first short and of large sectional area, but rapidly increase in resistance as the outer electrode C<2> rises between the insulating-parts p, L' and leaves the liquid, while the tapered inner electrode is also rising out of the liquid, within the insulating-cylinder p. More concentric parts may be provided on the movable electrode C<3>, C<2> and the vessel V, or the middle electrode C<3> may be used alone ; the electrodes may be cylindrical ; the containing-vessel may be of insulating-material, with a conducting- lining in its lower part. In another arrangement, Fig. 4, two oppositely-connected electrodes E', E' are fixed near together in the upper part of a vessel V made of insulating-material, and a sheet of insulating-material p can he lowered between them until communication between the two sides is almost entirely prevented ; the vessel may be grooved to receive the insulating-sheet, and the electrodes E<1>, E' may be arranged to move together when the insulating-sheet is withdrawn.
Patent GB-190201289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tramcar and Garden Seats
Inventor: MILNE JAMES
Filed: 1902-01-17
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 1289. Milne, J. Jan. 17. Seats and seat-backs ; covers for exposed seats.- The backs of tramcar seats are used to protect the sitting surface in wet weather. The part A which is shown protecting the seat S has pins J adapted to slide in the slots E, H formed in the side frames B, so that, when in the positions shown in dotted lines, it becomes the seat back.
Patent GB-190202592-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Heating Liquid or Gaseous Bodies under Pressure.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1902-01-31
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 2592. Mills, B. J. B., [Prat, A.]. Jan. 31. Steam generation by heated air and gases; instantaneous generators ; superheaters, steam. - Apparatus for heating liquids or gases under pressure, applicable as an ordinary or instantaneous steam generator or as a steam or air superheater, is shown in Fig. 1. The strong reservoir a, into which the fluid to be heated is admitted, is provided with the tubes r open at the top and closed at the lower end. These tubes have each a platinum tube c with an inner tube g connected to a flexible tube o for the admission of carburetted air depending within them. The heating-tubes c are attached to the plate t, so that the tubes may be heated and inserted within the tubes r. The supply tubes o are furnished with controlling-cocks p, and, after heating the tubes c, the carburetted air escapes by the openings i at the top of the tubes c. One or more perforated metallic tubes y may surround the heating-tubes c, and the tubes t are winged or gilled.
Patent GB-190209275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Roller Bearings
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1902-04-22
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 9275. Brookes, A. G., [Moffett Bearing Co.]. April 22. Thrust bearings, for propeller and other shafts, of the type described in Specification No. 14,029. A.D. 1900. The shaft C is surrounded by a casing A, to which are fixed inclined thrust blocks or tracks b, the casing and blocks each being made in two parts. A collar c<1> is secured on the shaft, and is made in two parts engaging each other by means of tenons and notches and fixed together by screws. The collar is provided with inclined faces, and between these faces and the tracks b are located conical rollers d, which are mounted upon spindles d<6> fixed in openings in travelling cages D. Each roller is chambered at the ends to receive balls, which bear against the spindle. Longitudinal movement of the rollers is resisted by ball bearings formed between the large ends of the rollers and the cages. In each bearing, the balls are located in a space formed between a flanged race-way f in the opening of the cage, a bushing on the spindle, and a hardened bearing-surface fixed to the top of the roller. In addition to the ball bearings, roller bearings are arranged at suitable intervals to bear on the periphery of the cages. Each roller g is mounted on a spindle g<2>, fixed at one end to a block retained in the web 13 of the casing, and screwed at the other end into a removable bush h screwed into a hole in the casing. This hole is larger in diameter than the roller, so that the latter can be inserted in and removed from the casing. Pins g<3> or other means are employed for fixing the bush hand spindle. The ends of the rollers are chambered to receive balls. A slot to receive a screwdriver is made in the end of the spindle g<2> so that it can be withdrawn for inspection. The chambers in the ends a<1> of the casing receive roller bearings, and rollers mounted in cages may be inserted between the interior of the travelling cages and the shaft, as provided for in the prior Specification.
Patent GB-190210609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dishes for Photographic Purposes.
Inventor: BRANDT PAUL
Filed: 1902-05-08
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 10,609. Brandt, P. May 8. Trays and dishes; developing. - R elates to a dish for developing a n d treating photographs, having recesses at the ends to facilitate the lifting of the plates. The dish is shown in section, Fig. 2, the recesses b being depressed below the level of the bottom a.
Patent GB-190213909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Four Wheeled Trucks for Tramway Cars, Railway Carriages and like Vehicles.
Inventor: NELSON ANDREW SCLANDERS
Filed: 1902-06-19
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 13,909. Nelson, A. S., Stewart, A., and Foster, T. J. June 19. Electric motor vehicles.-Relates to axle. trucks for railway and tramway motor vehicles in which the body is supported partly by springs on the extended ends of the side bars of the axle-truck. The body is secured to top bars C which are supported on the ends of the side bars A of the truck by laminated or other springs G, and at intermediate points by helical springs M resting in pressed-steel shoes N. The ends of the springs G are connected to eye-bolts J fitted with nuts for adjusting the height and stiffness of the springs, and the springs M are provided with adjusting-bolts O acting upon the bars C and upon check springs P underneath the bars A for preventing " galloping " of the vehicle. The side bars A are preferably of rolled angle steel or iron, and are fitted with cast or pressed steel or iron horns B ; separate born-plates D are also fixed to the top bars C, and are arranged to work in the same grooves in the axle-boxes as the horns B or in separate grooves. Stretcher bars of iron or steel tube with solid ends are connected to the horns D, and may be used in conjunction with struts extending from the bottom of the horns D to the body of the vehicle, and have adjusting- screws to form a truss. Diagonals Q, Fig. 2, are attached to the side bars A and to each other, and carry the motor suspension bars R. Cross-bars S carry the brake levers and also tie the sides together. Pilot irons U, Fig. 1, at the ends of the bars A carry the pilot board U<1>. The axle-boxes E are preferably fitted with rocking bearings of gun-metal or other suitable metal, and with removable oil drawers containing the lubricators. The bearing-springs are of the spiral type, and are placed on the tops of the boxes. Check springs are placed below the boxes.
Patent GB-190221969-A (GB)
Title: Electric Meter.
Inventor: HALSEY EDWARD S
Filed: 1902-10-09
Granted: 1903-11-09
Abstract: 21,969. Halsey, E. S. March 13, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motor meters are provided with eddy-current brake discs made of any alloy having a low temperature-resistance coefficient, to reduce the temperature error of the meters. Meters having conductive discs revolving in mercury through magnetic fields are also modified in detail from those described in Specification No. 2345, A.D. 1901. The magnetic pole-pieces are a cylinder 30 and a cast-iron plate 15, this forming the bottom of the mercury receptacle. The revolution of the disc 4 is retarded by eddy currents flowing in the disc itself, and in the pole-pieces. The eddy currents may be led into the iron plate 15 by amalgamated copper or other studs, set in holes in it ; three studs 7 may be placed near together below the edge of the disc 4, and seven others 8 may be arranged in a small semicircle below the inner edge of the pole-piece 30. The seven studs are situated in a shallow circular recess, in which a semicircular piece of iron may be turned by a shaft and handle 10, to cover one or more of the studs. The speed of the meter can thus be adjusted. The edge of the disc 4 itself is thickened, over an annular recess in the iron plate 15, to increase the conductivity for the eddy currents. An amalgamated conductive ring 31 surrounds the cylindrical pole-piece 30 ; it may consist entirely of any alloy having a low temperature-resistance coefficient, or may be partly of copper, with one or more interposed pieces of an alloy having a negative or zero coefficient. If these pieces are unsymmetrically arranged about the pole-piece, they can be placed so as to give a compensation for the increasing fluid friction at high speeds of the disc 4.
Patent GB-190222393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Lamp Pendent Fittings.
Inventor: BEATTIE JOHN CHALLEN
Filed: 1902-10-14
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 22,393. Beattie, J. C. Oct. 14. Supporting lamps.-A lamp is supported in a carrier such as 9, Fig. 2, suspended by a cord, band or chain 10 which passes through a frictional guide 11 and has a balance weight 12 attached to its other end. The carrier may be jointed at 13 to a main support 14, along which the supply wires pass. Fig. 3 shows a standard lamp, the carrier 9 of which has a stem 15 sliding in guides 16. A chain 10 is attached at one end to the stem 15, and passes through a friction guide 11, carrying a balance weight 12 at the other end, which is in the standard 18.